Maskette of the "ogboni" society · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3048016
Mareidi Singer (†2017), Munich, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 9 April 2019, Lot 280
Description
bronze, base
Masks like this may have been sewn onto dignitaries clothing.
Thompson published a photograph of a Shango “bata” drum to which six bronze (or brass) maskettes are attached (Thompson,1971, chap. 1, fig.18).
The object Maskette of the “ogboni” society with the object ID 3048016 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 261 achieved a sales price of EUR 850.
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Comparing literature
Fagg, William, Yoruba, Sculpture of West Africa, New York 1982, p. 103, pl. 25 Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, Ch 1, Ill. 18
Publications
AHDRC: 0161489